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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced in January of 2017 that a whistleblower who worked for the scheming company had been awarded $5.5 million for providing useful information to theRead MoreWhistleblower Awarded $5.5 Million for Disclosing a Financial Scheme to the Securities and Exchange Commission

For 40 years, our attorneys have been helping California employees who have been wronged or witnessed wrongdoing against their coworkers or the government.  We ensure that every measure is takenRead More2017 Starts Off with Multi-Million Dollar False Claims Fraudulent Billing Claim & DOJ’s 2016 Year End Report Review

WHAT WILL THE NEW ADMINISTRATION MEAN FOR QUI TAM WHISTLEBLOWERS?               Many clients have called with worries about what the new administration and new Justice Department will mean forRead MoreNEW ADMINISTRATION FOR QUI TAM WHISTLEBLOWERS

As we at Los Angeles Employment Attorney look forward to our 40th year of helping employees throughout California turn employer wrongs into employee rights, we’d like to share in thisRead More40th Year Helping California Employees as Your Employment Lawyer

Our Los Angeles based employment attorneys report that there has been an uptick in the number of retaliation claims by whistleblowers.  One instance is an abuse claim made against theRead MoreAs 2016 Draws to a Close, Retaliation Claims by Whistleblowers Rise Against Such Institutions as the Veterans Affairs and Wells Fargo

Another week brings with it a number of newly revealed Whistleblower Qui Tam lawsuit settlements.  This time, it is a dental company settling with the government for more than $300,000Read More$300,000 Whistleblower Settlement Added to U.S. Department of Justice’s $2.9 Billion in 2016

As many of our clients know, reporting your company’s fraudulent activity or even seemingly fraudulent actions such as over-billing for lower level services, avoiding payments owed to the government, orRead MoreJust in time for the holidays, the U.S. Justice Department Reports that it Paid-Out $519 Million to Whistleblowers in 2016

Anyone could, and should, report fraudulent activity by his or her employer. In this case, it was a medical coder at an oncology practice. As result, the oncology medical groupRead More$5.3 Million Dollar Settlement after False Claims Act Whistleblower in Oncology Practice Reports Medicare Fraud

The case involves a whistleblower who received $124,000 for reporting health care fraud by three physicians and a health care facility under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). The amount receivedRead MoreHealthcare Whistleblower Litigation Case against Physician Medical Group Settles for $124,000

This week, the highest court in the land sided with whistleblowers and ruled that breaches to the confidentiality (or seal) of a case brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”)Read MoreSupreme Court Decision is a Major Victory for Whistleblowers